Decision Workspace
kas vs gtk4 vs slint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
kas
growingv0.17.0
A pure-Rust GUI toolkit with stateful widgets
76
gtk4
growingv0.11.1
Rust bindings of the GTK 4 library
76
slint
stablev1.15.1
GUI toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for embedded devices and desktop applications
Core Metrics
| kas | gtk4 | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 76 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 39.7K | 2.7M | 938.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 86 | 131.5K | 57.8K |
| Dependents | 22 | 1.9K | 324 |
| Releases | 29 | 51 | 46 |
| Last Updated | 59d ago | 13d ago | 43d ago |
| Age | 7y 2m | 6y 8m | 4y 1m |
Health Breakdown
kas
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
gtk4
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
slint
Maintenance
19
Quality
20
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| kas | gtk4 | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.17.0 | 0.11.1 | 1.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-Royalty-free-2.0 OR LicenseRef-Slint-Software-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 83KB | 497KB | 97KB |
| Features | 39 | 23 | 39 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.92.0 | 1.92 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 4 (team) | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gtk4 leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •gtk4 is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •kas, gtk4 are pre-1.0 — API may change.